Dear citizens, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln

Dan Lightfoot

Russellville

Banks charge for checks

I know that the banks have to make money. But I think it is a little ridiculous when you take a $3.50 check to one of our local banks and they want $2 to cash it. No, we haven’t got an account there but we do have one somewhere else. They had this person sign and fingerprint on this check then informed the person of the $2 charge. Needless to say, it wasn’t cashed, just a bunch of BS if you ask me.

Twila Reeves

Pottsville

Purse in safe hands

The honesty and trustfulness of the government was demonstrated to me yesterday and I must mention it. After leaving the local social security office, my wife noticed that she had left her purse there. But it was after 3:30 p.m. and they were closed. So we put our trust in the good old USA and decided not to stop any credit cards until the next day. At 8 a.m. the next day, we received a phone call saying the purse was there. When I seen “United States” on the phone display, I thought the President was calling me but it was just a wake-up call from the Social Security Department! So, being retired, we let the answering machine take the message and went back to sleep knowing our purse was in safe hands.

Frank Manus

Russellville

Thanks to community

The Knights of Columbus — Council 6398 would like to thank the Russellville community for the outstanding support of our Friday evening fish fries, the first Saturday of the month breakfasts and the raffle held for the children with intellectual disabilities.

Due to this support, we were able to donate $150 to the following charities: Sing Parents Scholarship Fund of Pope and Yell County, Center of Hope, Help Network, Special Olympics and Intellectual Disabilities — raffle proceeds.